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CRYSTAL PALACE 1 WATFORD 0 (AET)Palace are promoted

17.39 Right, that'll be all from this liveblog. Many hats off to Palace, who deserved that. Tactially astute from Ian Holloway, who nullified Watford. They will be gutted after failing to show up this afternoon. Oh well, I'm sure they'll have plenty of new Udinese players to sort them out next year. Thanks for your company, I'll talk to you again soon.

17.37 Zaha, penalty-winner, match-winner (given that Phillips was always going to score it) is limping and receiving treatment on the pitch. What an absolute hero he has been for Palace, powering them over the line after a stuttering end to the season in these play-offs. Bodes very well for him at Manchester United, you'd think.

FULL TIME IN EXTRA TIMECrystal Palace are promoted to the Premier League!

120 min Fabulous from Zaha, keeping the ball in close to the Palace corner flag, then finding friendly feet.. Watford get it back, but Palace have to clear off the line! Foristieri with a curling effort, but Ward's back on the line to nod it away.

118 min Ward throws himself in front of an Ekstrand shot. Watford want handball. No chance, that was right into Ward's stomach. He's winded, but up now. Palace so very close.

117 min Ian Holloway screaming his guts out on the touchline. Watford's supporters looking very sad in their novelty wigs. Little happening on the pitch, Palace getting enough bodies in the crucial places.

115 min Wilbraham with his most positive contribution of the game, wasting a good 40 seconds by shielding the ball close to the Watford corner flag.

114 min Watford build a two-man wall behind the five-man Palace wall to obscure Speroni's vision. Abdi takes the free kick. It's meek, and Speroni watches it all the way into his cradled arms.

112 min Pudil and Ibraham having a bit of a barney in the corner, in front of the Palace fans. Wilbraham entirely in the wrong. Again, referee Atkinson's unmoved. Slight sense Palace are beginning to feel the nerves. Here's Kevin Phillips taking the penalty. Foulin' man Cassetti can't bear to watch!

110 min Watford corner. Forestieri takes, Doyley heads at goal, Speroni's off his line at mega-speed to fall on the ball. No debate about the penalty award, incidentally. Here it is:

108 min Oof, Ekstrand got a nasty kick in on Wilbraham there. The Palace player was exagerrating how hurt he was, but the Watford chap is awful lucky that Martin Atkinson's eyes were elsewhere.

107 min Zaha picks out Phillips with an outrageous outside-foot pass. Phillips' is crowded out and passes back to Wilbraham, Watford have enough back to deal with it. Zaha looks like he's hurt himself in the porcess. That's no good. Aaron Wilbraham is also down and looks in real pain. I hope he's fine but, let's be honest here, he would be far less of a loss.

17.17 I believe I said something about an inevitable late Kevin Phillips goal... Alright, I may have also said something about there being no more events in extra time after Moxey's yellow car. Both teams in huddles on the pitch with managers on. This is new, isn't it? I thought it was a change ends and nothing else during HTIET...

HALF TIME IN EXTRA TIME

105+1 min GOAL!! Palace 1 Watford 0 (Phillips) Fabulous penalty from Kevin Phillips, hit high and unsavable beyond Almunia, who went the right way but could do nothing about it.

105+1 min Cassetti gets it all wrong on Zaha, sticking an ill-advised knee out to send the winger sprawling. He's booked.

105 min Moxey booked for a foul on Forestieri. That'll almost certainly be all for first half of extra time before half time in extra time time. No it won't... PALACE HAVE A PENALTY!

104 min Moritz takes, but it's easy for Abdi to head it away. Phillips has a second go, but once again Watford defend well. Delaney has an opportunistic strike after decent hold-up work from Zaha. Wide.

103 min Game a touch stretched now, but both teams playing like they'd quite like a trip to Loftus Road / Huish Park next year. Cassetti fouls Zaha, Palace have a free kick in crossing range.

101 min Not too many signs of tiredness from either side yet, I suppose they've both had a fortnight off. Not too many signs of an imminent goal yet. Penalties seem like the logical outcome, but I still get the feeling this is going to be settled in tragi-comic fashion in the next 20 minutes.

100 min Here's Wilfried Zaha practising for being in the same team as face-pulling's Phil Jones next year:

98 min Here comes a Watford corner now. It's cleared to Battocihio 30 yards out. He kills the ball with his studs then hammers it towards goal. Speroni gets himself behind it with assurance.

97 min Palace force a corner but they've done nothing from them all day, apart from that one which found Danny Gabbidon unexpectedly. This is the same deal, with less unmarked Danny Gabbidon. Fabulous email from Anthony Mosicki which I will now reproduce unedited and in full:

Gianfranc Zola. More Sincere.

95 min Forestieri ripples the net from a tight angle on the right. The side netting, you will understand. Probably should have put it into the box, he had several buddies waiting there.

94 min Massive save from Julian Speroni! Deeney stole into some space behind Ward, whose miscontrol gives Deeney a chance no more than four yards out. Speroni gets an outrageous flick of the hand on the ball to bat it clear.

93 min Wilbraham looks a lost and broken man for Palace. I can't believe he's going to play 120 minutes today and Yannick Bolasie is going to play zero.

91 min Here we go, then, it's an extra time experience.

16.58 Team talks on the pitch. Jonathan Liew with an observation which may prove crucial:

90+2 min Zaha wins Palaca a corner, but it could have been more after O'Keefe found him in space just shy of the area. Doyley able to block.

90+1 min It'll be three minutes of added time. I'm telling you, not asking you. Why would I be asking you? (I am asking you that)

89 min Battochio with a great chance for Watford! Ball runs across him invitingly 12 yards out, but he controls and takes it wide instead. Hangs up a cross for Gejo which requires an overhead kick. Huge shades of Nick Wright in 1999, but it's fluffed and over.

88 min Watford banging on the door as the game heads towards extra time. Forestieri goes down close to the box, but it's a dive. Here's Danny Gabbidon realising that Glenn Murray's still injured and he might have to take a penalty:

86 min The last sub of the game, Watford introducing Forestieri for Anya.

81 min Garvan pokes a clever ball through the middle. Unfortunately it's Wilbraham on the end of it, who's every inch the striker who's not scored since August. Doyley's in quickly to snuff out the chance. Moments late Garvan brings down a high ball beautifully and volleys at goal, but it's straight at Almunia. Ward booked for a mistimed lunge on Pudil as Watford counter.

79 min Palace have a corner, Ward's cross causing Ekstrand to head straight into the air, and a worried punch behind by Almunia. Garvan looks for the far post, but Watford head away with ease.

77 min Zaha full of purpose and intent in his last game for Palace, but Watford dealing with him fairly well this half. Cassetti calmly waits for the telegraphed step-overs and chooses the perfect moment to nick the ball off his toe.

74 min Battochio on for Chalobah for Watford. Here's one of the clear highlights of this half, O'Keefe kicking the ball at Abdi, in an action which, if we are to believe Alex Ferguson, endangered the life of Abdi:

72 min Phillips giving Palace more purpose up front. Decent breeak, Zaha swings a high cross to Phillips, in space close to the far post. He knocks it down to Garvan whose volley is just wide.

70 min Watford howl for a second yellow for O'Keefe for a minor tussle with Doyley. "No," says Martin Atkinson, correctly. Here's Phil Whithair, who is excited about 2013/14:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Phil Whithair - &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/thomgibbs" target="_blank"&gt;@thomgibbs&lt;/a&gt; Either would be a great addition to the Premier league and replace some of the dross that is there now&lt;/noframe&gt;

69 min There's a Watford player down, not sure who, but that'll do nicely as a momentum-killer. I should also tell you that Kevin Phillips is on for Williams for Palace.

67 min Suddenly so much is happening, and it's all Palace... Wilbraham spurns another great chance, as Cassetti and Ekstrand doze criminally after a corner. He receives the ball inside the six yard box but fails to find the lofted shot that would have beat Almunia. He saves, Wilbraham should have scored. Then Gabbidon is found unmarked from a corner but isn't expecting the ball and fails to control it.

65 min Big save for Almunia! That's the clear chance of the game so far. Zaha delays his pass for several decades after getting on the ball in the box, but eventually spots O'Keefe just shy of the box. He takes it past Ekstrand beautifully but Almunia's out quickly to charge down his shot.

64 min O'Keefe's been good for Palace since replacing Dikgacoi early on. He's unafraid to burst forward through the middle, and nearly found Zaha with a telling pass. At the other end Geijo beats Ward with a nutmeg, but Speroni saves with ease.

60 min Palace free kick 35 yards out. Abdi booked for the foul that led to it, and O'Keefe too for kicking the ball at Abdi in retaliation. Nothing comes from the free kick. The game's perked up a little.

59 min Great chance for Wilbraham! Missed! Palace break at speed after Pudil is dispossessed by a crucial tackle from Ward in the box. Wilbraham's put through on the right, in behind the Watford defence, but he never looks confident and his shot is blocked.

57 min Palace put a poor free kick into the box. Watford get it up the other end, Geijo shoots straight at Speroni. I think that might be his first save. Here are Mile Jedinak and Aaron WIlbraham wondering what they can do to make this football match a bit better:

55 min Great work from Danny Gabiddon, who reaches a loose ball despite the close attentions of Geijo, feints to trick the Watford sub, then takes it forward 50 yards before finding Zaha on the right. He plays it inside to Garvan, but the move ebbs away to pointlessness.

54 min Garvan pumps a free kick into the box, Delaney knocks it down for Wilbraham who tries to turn and shoot, but his effort is blocked.

52 min Anya being allowed plenty of space to cross from the left. Delaney heads it away to safety. Jedinak still looking pretty conclusively injured, but he's staying on for the time being.

50 min The £120m uncontested drop ball, there, as Martin Atkinson is forced to stop play because of some two balls on the pitch hilarity.

48 min Ghastly, scrappy stuff in this second half. Looks like Jedinak has hurt himself now. If he has to go off that's Palaces two defensive midfielders done for. Chalobah shoots from the same range where this happened:

But this happens instead:

46 min Vydra is indeed off after picking up an ankle injury. Geijo on in his place. Palace kick off. We have second half.

15.50 Extremely cautious game from both sides, who look well-prepared about one-another but lacking many ideas about what they can do themselves. Watford's on-paper 3-4-1-2 is looking far more 5-4-1, and they've only shown very brief glimpses of the form which makes them the best attacking side in the Championship on their day. Palace playing with a bit of an inferiority complex, and lacking a bit of bite. I suspect this is somewhat intentional from both managers. Stay in the game, don't get worn out, keep it tight etc. I think it'll be a better second half. I certainly hope so.

HALF TIME

45+3 min The half fizzling out in much the same style that it's been played in. Here's the sadness of Palaces' Kagisho Dikgacoi as he left the field with the £120m injury:

45+1 min We'll have three minutes of added time. Watford's Matej Vydra looks slightly pained. He'd be no real loss on the evidence so far, or the evidence of the past three months or so.

43 min Abdi forces a visibly nervy Moxey into giving away a corner. Watford's fourth. Palace have had zero. Not a bad delivery from this one, but Delaney heads it away.

42 min More rubbish from Jedinak, getting a simple ball forward wholly wrong and giving it straight back to a man in yellow. He redeems himself soon afterwards by being well-positioned to intercept.

40 min Palace with their first attack in a while. Fizzles out with a goal kick. This game: She is not Sunderland 4 Charlton 4. Although that was only 1-0 at half time, so there's still hope. Twitter's Distrohopper has stated his preference:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Distrohopper - &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/thomgibbs" target="_blank"&gt;@thomgibbs&lt;/a&gt; I would prefer as a chelsea fan Zola in the Prem as it would be interesting to see if he succeeds in the top league.&lt;/noframe&gt;

37 min Palace becoming defective now. Their early dominance was built on Jedinak and Dikgacoi (then O'Keefe) dominating the area that should be flooded by Watford 40 yards from goal. Now they're misplacing passes, and Jedinak is playing like a man that has realised he's got a silly booking and can't do any more gigantic tackles. Watford's Anya also beginning to realise he's got the beating of Moxey. All this close reading is anothe way of telling you there's little of note Actually Happening.

34 min No dice from the corner. No goals, either.

33 min Big block from Damian Delaney! Watford pick Palace off again and Vydra gets a clear sight of goal just inside the box. He tries a curling shot towards the bottom corner, but Deeney's denied by Delaney chucking himself in the way. Corner.

31 min Watford coming into this now. That was a lovely passing move, and while Palace had nine players back, they were running around in an ineffecitve swarm, unable to get close to Watford's speed of thought and deed. Just let down by a poorly-judged pass from Deeney at the end of the move. Here's the excellent Football Clichés asking an excellent question:

30 min Abdi takes a Watford corner which looks like meat and drink for unadventurous eater Julian Speroni. He makes a mini-mess of it, though, dropping it under pressure. Palace clear nonetheless.

29 min Jedinak gets the first Palace booking of the day for a cynical barge on Abdi. Palace doing a good job enforcing themselves in their own half, but that was needless.

28 min A bit better from Watford, but Chalobah's attempt to work it quickly to Deeney with a poked diagonal ball over Gabbidon is overhit and out for a goal kick. Palace have had 74 per cent of the ball in the last 10 minutes, stat fans.

25 min Still Palace bossing this. Watford sat a little deeper now, seemingly deciding a swift counter-attack might be their best route into the game. Manuel Almunia knows that preparation is half the battle on days like today. That's why he's brought his pencil case:

Who knows when he might need a set square? Might help with positioning at free kicks, I suppose....

22 min O'Keefe now pops up in Watford's problem area on the left. Cassetti blocks his cross. Palace are on top, but could do with something a little more composed from these advanced areas they're frequently finding themselves in.

20 min It'll be no surprise to anyone that's read more than five words on Palace in the past couple of years, but their threat is coming almost exclusively through Wilf Zaha. He's past Pudil with ease then bullies the covering Chalobah off the ball on the right before pulling it back for Garvan just inside the area. Doyley's there to block.

18 min Exasperated at Rolling Stones Guitarist (6) favourite O'Keefe is on for the injured Dikgacoi for Palace. Alas.

16 min Hrmph, Dikgacoi has hurt himself and has failed to get up quickly. Stretcher is called on but Dikgacoi is on his feet now. Looks like he'll be unable to continue though, his team-mates are giiving him a lot of sad hugs as he trudges off. Plenty of seats at Wembley, but this chap in the posh ones is still standing:

14 min No joy from the corner. It's still cagier than a very large prison.

13 min Watford have a corner, Jedinak throwing himself in front of Abdi in the box to cut out a cross. "That's the sort of unsung work Jedinak gives you," sings Sky's Don Goodman.

12 min Zaha a threat now, but he's not quite found his rhythm. He shrugs off Pudil on the right and looks certain to skin Cassetti, instead he plays a poor pass inside to no-one.

11 min Ekstrand is booked for a rash, late challenge on Garvan. Palace beginning to build some momentum.

10 min First free kick for set piece """""expert"""" Owen Garvan to have a go from. He hangs a high an indecisive ball into the box from a set play 45 yards from goal. Easy claim for Almunia.

9 min Emergency Glenn Murray Wilbraham has started relatively encouragingly for Palace, he's putting himself about well and just got on the end of a hopeful Williams diagonal pass but saw his quick shot charged down. Moments later Wilfried Zaha roots around in his box of tricks for some to get him past Pudil and Cassetti. He does, but also takes the ball over the byline before he can pull it back across the box.

8 min Williams fouled by Hogg in his own half. That's about the level of exciting incident we've been treated to so far.

6 min Fairly careful start to the match, both teams looking a little nervy. Frequent examples of Championship-level control from both sides. There's a big, distracting shadow on the pitch which is an absolute disaster for the TV viewer.

4 min A brief delay while some Palace balloons that have arrived on the pitch are un-humanely destroyed:

2 min Palace head away uncertainly a few times and Pudil is eventually able to latch onto the ball and drift in from the left. Palace look worryingly exposed but Pudil fluffs his shot, it rolls harmlessly through to Almunia.

1 min We're off, Watford get us going.

14.57 We're not far away at all here. Nervous? I'm not. I don't play for either of these clubs. Or support either. Oh, okay.... I really like Palace. I think they're my third team, behind QPR and the mighty Bromley. I hope Palace win. I promise that I won't be unduly cruel to Watford because of this. Deal?

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Jim White - Players being introduced to the guest of honour:Roger Hutton, head of retail sales UK for n-power. Yes, it is that big an occasion...&lt;/noframe&gt;

14.52 Here come the teams... A red carpet has arrived, and so have some dignitaries.

14.50 Some pre-match words from Ian Holloway:

I'm feeling pretty releaxed, to be fair. It's a brilliant day, the players are all ready so bring it on, really. There are distractions round every corner and you've got to just take them out as quickly as you can. You tell them about the players they're up against, what they do, what they can expect. It's a match now, every thing else a distraction.

...and Gianfranco Zola:

It's a different position for me at Wembley this time. I'd love to start well. We've played important games before and the team have never disappointed me. We just need to do normal things, not to complicate. My final message will be for the players to enjoy the moment